Actually, no.

An old guy a long time ago told me that we do not make any decisions for the company. None. They decide what airplanes they are going to buy. They decide to where they are going to fly them. We are labor. Highly compensated, highly educated, highly trained, but just labor. And as much as we think the contrary, the world does not revolve around us. Now that isn't to say that we are not a very important cog in the wheel, but we are replaceable, and to act as if we are not is pure folly. Divorce yourself from the thought that we can make management do anything they don't want to do, because it simply isn't true. We tell them how much it will cost them to fly the airplanes they choose to buy. Period.

The same old guy told me to never eat in a hotel or sleep in a restaurant. Sage advice if I say so myself.